European regulators expect to clear Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX to return to service in January at the earliest, following flight trials by European test pilots scheduled for mid-December, Europe’s top aviation safety official told Reuters. Boeing has said it aims to return the jet to service by end-year following changes to cockpit software and training…
A bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at Midway International midday Monday, police said. Police were called to the airport just before 12:20 p.m. Monday after a bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight, said police spokeswoman Karie James. The bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at the airport.…
A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained engine failure during takeoff. A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained failure of its left Engine (GE90) while taking off runway 01L at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport. The Boeing 777-300 (reg. HS-TKL) was performing flight #TG970 to Zürich, returned to the gate after the incident. None of…
An American Airlines flight has been diverted after a leaking cleaning product rendered two cabin crew members unconscious, with several passengers suffering from burning eyes and skin problems. American Airlines flight AA729 from London Heathrow to Philadelphia was forced to turn back towards Ireland and land in Dublin, where a team of paramedics waited to…
An alert was given shortly after 6:30am on Friday, October 18, due to a suspicious package at Brest Airport, France. An abandoned package has been spotted in an airplane performing Brest to Paris flight. The aircraft was about to take off with almost 200 passengers on board. The suspicious package was a circular metal box,…
Air France flight AF-136 was travelling from Paris, France to Chicago in the U.S. when a ’suspicious’ mobile phone was found on the aircraft. The flight was almost two hours into its journey when the pilot advised air traffic controllers that they wished to divert to Shannon Airport for “security reasons.” The flight landed safely…
The first non-stop commercial airline flight from New York to Sydney has landed after 19 hours 16 minutes in the air. A total of 49 passengers and crew were on the flight, which was used to run a series of experiments to assess health and well-being onboard. Data from these experiments will be used help…
A Saab 2000 carrying 38 passengers, including a high school swim team, went off the runway while landing Thursday at a small Alaska community on the Bering Sea. The extent of injuries was not known, but a school official said the swim team was fine and eating pizza shortly after the incident about 5 p.m.…
The engine #1 of Asiana Airlines Airbus A380 engine caught fire whilst standing at the gate at Seoul-Incheon Airport. Smoke and flames appear out of outer left engine as the aircraft was undergoing refueling when the incident happened. The video was published on China social network Weibo.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner revealed Thursday at night TV show that a massive attack had been foiled in France. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner revealed that police had arrested a man who wanted to hijack a plane to commit an attack in France. The man intended to be inspired by the attacks of…
A Royal Air Force plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge aborted a landing in Pakistan after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. The RAF Voyager twice tried to land in Islamabad – at Rawalpindi air base and the main airport – before returning to Lahore, from where they had departed. Prince William and…
In the first two years of the aircraft’s operation, the airline replaced 50 engines. Having just 13 aircraft in that period means that almost every engine was replaced twice on average. AirBaltic operates a fleet of 20 Airbus A220-300 aircraft.
